South Dakota AG Ravnsborg (R) was 'distracted' when he hit, killed pedestrian with car

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South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg (R) was "distracted" when he fatally struck a pedestrian on a highway in September, an investigation of the crash has found. On Sept. 12, Ravnsborg was driving west on U.S. Highway 14, about a mile west of Highmore, South Dakota, when he hit and killed the 55-year-old victim, Joseph Boever. The initial cause of death was listed as traumatic injuries -- both internal and external.

Boever was carrying a light while walking on the shoulder of Highway 14, which measures about 10.5 feet, when he was struck. Ravnsborg, 44, initially thought he hit a deer, he told authorities, but discovered Boever's body when he returned to the scene the next day.

On Monday, authorities released the crash report and a photo of Ravnsborg's 2011 Ford Taurus three days after the investigation, after it was processed for evidence. The investigation determined that Ravnsborg was distracted when he struck Boever ...

The "type or types of distraction" that caused Ravnsborg to hit Boever are still under investigation, Price said. When asked by a reporter how authorities can be confident Ravnsborg was distracted when they don't know what the distraction was, Price replied that it was "detailed investigative work," adding that "the specifics behind that would be inappropriate to release at this time."

Tim Bormann, Ravnsborg's chief of staff, told ABC News last month that the attorney general was driving home from a dinner party hosted by the county's Republican Party at Rooster's Bar & Grill in Redfield, South Dakota, roughly 68 miles from the site of the accident. Bormann said he does not believe Ravnsborg drank at the event, saying "it has been his policy" to not drink at "political events of this sort." Ravnsborg, has a string of previous driving violations. He pleaded guilty to speeding six times between 2014 and 2018 and paid fines between $19 and $79.

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[left-of-center2012]

1. The pedestrian must have landed on the windshield ...

The pedestrian must have landed on the windshield, and Ravnsborg thought he was a deer ?

[soothsayer]

2. A deer carrying a light

[Blue_true]

12. Well Rudolph had a nose that glowed. Maybe the drunk assumed he hit Rudolph. nt

[soothsayer]

13. I hadn't thought of that. Makes perfect sense

[struggle4progress]

10. "I decided to wait to report it because I was drinking at the time"

[safeinOhio]

3. Distracted when he

Dropped his beer.

[Indykatie]

6. My Idea of the Distraction is Even Worse But I Don't Think There Was a Woman in the Car

[MLAA]

8. That was my first thought as well

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Deer damage does not look like that.

This Guy is so full of what ever.

[mobeau69]

5. Why go back if you thought it was a deer?

We’ve seen this movie before.

[atreides1]

7. Cover up!!!

That's all this is...just another cover up by the cops, to protect a sleaze bag! He won't be charged, wouldn't be surprised if the good ole boy Sheriff and the State's Attorney aren't trying to figure out a way to blame the whole thing on the dead man!!!

[Klaralven]

9. So they now have the records from his cellphone provider...

He's a politician. He was talking or texting.

[Cartoonist]

11. He's still responsible

It's still a hit and run. A fine and jail time would be given to any private citizen.

[gratuitous]

14. Jason, your career is over

Just come clean and admit what you did. If not for your own miserable sake, then at least for the sake of Mr. Boever, your victim, and his surviving friends and relatives. I know it goes against the grain of your Republican hide, but think for just one minute about other people and do the right thing.

[keithbvadu2]

15. IOKIYAAR

[MerryBlooms]

16. omg, how horrific for the victim's family

Ravnsborg should spend the rest of his life behind prison bars, he's a habitual offender.